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VOL 25 - ISSUE 16
www.theasianstar.com SATURDAY, MAY 31 2025
2 sentenced in America for Indian family’s death at US-Canada border More than three years after an Indian family froze to death while trying to cross into the US, a US court has sentenced an Indianorigin man and his accomplice for human trafficking that resulted in the deaths.
In January 2022, four members of a family from India were attempting to illegally cross
over from Canada to the US when a blizzard hit the area and temperatures dropped to -36°C. The entire family – two adults and their 11-year-old daughter and three-yearold son -- froze to death in the incidents. Making the details of the case public on Thursday, the US Department of Justice said Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel (29), an Indian national from Florida, was sentenced to 10 years and one month in prison for his role in the conspiracy. Patel will be removed from the United States following his sentence. His co-conspirator, Steve Anthony Shand (50) of Florida, was sentenced to six years and six months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release. Continued on Page 10...
New satellite images reveal greater damage to Pakistan airbase after India strike
New satellite imagery suggests that India's missile strike on Pakistan's Nur Khan airbase this month may have caused significantly more damage than initially thought. The images, shared by open-source intelligence researcher Damien Symon, reveal that a major operations complex at the Rawalpindi-based airbase has been completely demolished. The facility, targeted during India's Operation Sindoor, sits near some of Pakistan's most sensitive military and nuclear infrastructure. The scope of the damage appears broader than previously believed, hinting at a deeper strategic impact from the Indian strike. The Nur Khan airbase is one of Pakistan's most strategically important facilities, housing transport aircraft and surveillance systems, and is just miles from the Strategic Plans Division and Pakistan Army headquarters. Continued on Page 14...
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India & Canada talk to mend diplomatic ties India’s Foreign Minister said he had spoken to his Canadian counterpart as the two sides seek to ease fraught relations. The telephone call, which took place late on May 25, is the highest diplomatic contact between Ottawa and New Delhi since Mr Mark Carney became Canadian Prime Minster in March. Ties between Canada and India were strained following accusations of New Delhi’s involvement in the 2023 assassination of a Canadian Sikh, claims India denied. India’s Mr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said he had “discussed the prospects of India-Canada ties” with newly appointed Foreign Minister Anita Anand and he had “wished her a very successful tenure”. Continued on Page 15...
The math tutor and the missing $533 million One morning in January, Byju Raveendran sat in the back seat of his shiny black Cadillac as it sped through Dubai. Just three years prior, the schoolteachers’ son had appeared on the Forbes list of richest Indians as founder and CEO of Byju’s, then one of the world’s most valuable education technology companies. He was dressed casually in a T-shirt and jeans, while his driver, Hashim, was more formally attired in a collared shirt. Raveendran, square-jawed and muscular at 45, told me he typically rides beside Hashim in the passenger seat, seeming intent on underscoring his down-to-earthness. “I always sit there, no, Hashim?” he asked, with a boyish laugh. Hashim nodded. Former Byju’s employees had told me about Raveendran’s love for staying at the world’s finest hotels, and the upscale properties and luxury cars his family owned when he was based in Bengaluru. Continued on Page 15...
India overtakes Japan to become 4th largest economy: NITI Aayog NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer (CEO) BVR Subrahmanyam has said that India has overtaken Japan to become the world's fourthlargest economy, citing data by the International Monetary Fund. Addressing a press conference of the 10th NITI Aayog Governing Council Meeting on 'Viksit Rajya for Viksit Bharat 2047', Subrahmanyam said India's economy has reached the USD 4 trillion mark. "We are the fourth largest economy as I speak.
We are a USD 4 trillion economy as I speak, and this is not my data. This is IMF data. India today is larger than Japan. It's only the United States, China, and Germany which are larger, and if we stick to, you know, what is being planned, what is being thought through, it's a matter of another two to three years that we would become the third largest economy," said BVR Subrahmanyam, CEO, NITI Aayog. Continued on Page 15...
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